| Jun 6, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThree years ago, when my grandmother fell ill, I chose to delay my studies to work full time at McDonald’s to pay for her prescriptions and medical care. I knew at the time that my starting pay of $7.45 an hour wouldn’t be enough to live on. I even knew that I’d have...

| May 30, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyShortly after Donald Trump was awarded the presidency by our perverted and antiquated electoral system, I got desperate calls from some normally non-political family members and friends. They wanted to know what they could do to counter the governing debacle they knew...

| May 2, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe recent attack in Toronto by a man who identifies as an “incel” has called attention to the disturbing and flourishing online incel community. “Incel” stands for “involuntarily celibate.” These are straight men who, frustrated by their lack of romantic success,...

| Jan 17, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyOprah Winfrey’s remarkable Golden Globes speech rocked not only the event’s A-list attendees, but almost all of America. Winfrey cited the under-told story of Recy Taylor, a young black woman who was raped by six armed white men during the Jim Crow era....

| Jan 10, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyThis month’s Golden Globes were the first awards ceremony held since #MeToo went viral. To commemorate it, celebrities brought social justice activists along as their plus-ones, and many more wore black to show support with the Time’s Up movement, a new...